| Component | OpenClaw |
| Severity | high (CVSS 7.8) |
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Published (NVD) | 2026-09-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-09-30 |
| Affected versions | < 2026.7.1 read from the advisory text: NVD has not published CPE data yet |
| Fixed in | 2026.7.1 |
| Weakness | CWE-367 |
| CISA KEV | not listed |
NVD description
OpenClaw (npm package 'openclaw') before 2026.7.1 is vulnerable to a time-of-check time-of-use race condition in OpenShell local mirror filesystem mutation operations. The remove, mkdir, and rename operations could act on a different filesystem target after OpenClaw completed its sandbox path-safety check, if the path is changed concurrently. An attacker able to win the race can cause a sandboxed operation to delete, create, or rename a host path outside the intended mirror root with the permissions of the OpenClaw process user. This does not require an operator to have granted host filesystem access outside the sandbox. The issue is fixed in 2026.7.1.
What to do
- Upgrade OpenClaw to
2026.7.1or later. - Do not expose the component's API or UI to the internet without authentication in front of it.
Sources
- NVD: CVE-2026-100597
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-crg9-c62w-j2p5
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-before-2026.7.1-path-traversal-via-filesystem-race
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